It continues. Two years and we still have fear dominating our lives. Folks, it’s pretty simple.
You… Yes, You… are going to die. You are going to be boxed or burned. They’ll be tossing lilies at you. Shoveling dirt. Taking the big sleep. Feeding worms. You will look like the Crypt Keeper. You are a carbon based life form. Your inevitable end is only a matter of time. And time is the one thing you can’t control.
So, you mask yourself up. You go for shots and boosters. You isolate. You hate and disparage anyone who doesn’t fear death the same way you do. You see them as a detriment to your life… yet your life already has an end. You just don’t know when that end comes or how. The only way you can possibly know that is if you end it yourself, and even that could be thwarted. You could be revived, healed, saved and your attempt at controlling your time once again fails.
Since his days are determined,
Job 14:5
The number of his months is with You;
And You have set his limits so that he cannot pass.
Here’s a scenario for you: You make an appointment with your physician for your next round of booster shots. You get up early for your appointment and get in the shower. You slip climbing into the shower. Your head bashes against the floor of the shower. You die. No…no. You successfully shower. You dress. You go to your car. And you slip on some ice and bash your head against the steps. You die. No… no. You successfully make it to the car. You pull out of the drive and the car is T-Boned by an Amazon delivery truck. You die. No… no. You successfully navigate your driveway. You get out on the highway. As you’re switching lanes, you are so preoccupied about the virus which is chasing you, you fail to see the Walmart truck you’ve just cut off. The Walmart driver takes evasive action, but it is too late; 35,000 lbs rolls over you and your Prius. You die. No… no that isn’t the way you were supposed to go. You make it to your doctor’s appointment. You get your booster… the booster of the vaccine you’ve taken three times… and for some reason you go into anaphylactic shock… maybe it was the booster… maybe it was the latex gloves the nurse used… maybe it was the perfume of the previous patient in the room… maybe it was something you got on your mask. You die. No… no… that’s not it either. You get your booster successfully. You return home to your isolation (because, even though you’ve just had your fourth shot… you can’t be too careful). After going out into the public to get your shot, you contract the latest variant of Covid. Your booster wasn’t built for this variant. You get disparately sick. You roll up in a ball in your bed. And you die.
All the days ordained for me
Psalm 139:16
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
I’m not knocking your desire for the shot… your fourth booster… your mask… or your Prius. But at some point, you have to get over your fear of death and realize that death is inevitable and it is going to happen at any time. You do not control your days.
So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.
Psalms 90:12 ASV
Will you choose to actually let go of your fear of death and live? When?
So, the real question is: Why do you fear death? Why do you strive so hard for just a few more days, a few more hours, a few more minutes on the Blue and Green? I’m not suggesting you give up on life, or even that you cash it in, but rather that you live. You, like most people, probably fall into one of two categories: You believe life is just what we live while we breathe and once the lights go out — life ends and you become worm food or ashes to spread into the dirt. OR you believe life is more than just what we are living; when we die we move on to another plane.
If you believe life is only what we experience while we breathe, there is no more, it all goes dark – then what are you fearing? You are just a chemical reaction which will fizzle out at some point. You have no purpose but to act as seed (assuming you aren’t too afraid of human contact to have sex) for the human race. You are a sunflower. You are meant to spread your seed, whither, and add to the organic matter of Mother Earth. The sooner you reach that goal, the sooner you have accomplished your mission. Who cares about a virus or death? Live and let live.
If you believe there is more to life. When our hearts stop beating, our lungs stop breathing, and the blood stops flowing — we move on to greater existence. Then, what’s your excuse? Death is just a doorway – the gateway in our path. The sooner you pass through; the sooner you will see what is on the other side.
“ LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered— how fleeting my life is. 5 You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath. 6 We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it.”
Psalm 39:4-6
We are letting fear of something we cannot control dominate our entire society. Fear is what we should fear. Living a stifling, immobile, lonely life is what we should fear. Not a disease or virus which will someday be replaced by another, and another, and another. Move beyond your fear. Live.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Revelation 1:8
